The kings travel to London to attend the funeral for Elizabeth II

The king and queen of Spain travel to London this Sunday to participate on Monday in the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on the 8th at the age of 96 after seven decades on the throne. The king and queen, Felipe and Letizia, travel on a Spanish Air Force flight accompanied by Queen Sofía and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares. Felipe VI and Letizia will go as soon as they land in London to Westminster Hall, the oldest building in the seat of the British Parliament, where the burning chapel has been installed. The king and queen are scheduled to visit the coffin around 5:10 p.m. . A couple of hours later, at 7:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time, both will go with the other guests to the reception for King Carlos III at Buckingham Palace, which will be attended by a large part of the world leaders who will participate in the funeral. Two years ago, when Juan Carlos de Borbón established his residence in the United Arab Emirates, there are no images of him with his son, although the two did see each other in May at the Zarzuela palace after the emeritus returned to Spain for a few days to participate in some regattas in the Galician town of Sanxenxo. Will King Felipe VI coincide with his father? The location both in Buckingham and in Westminster of the head of state and the king emeritus will depend on what the British authorities decide, so it has not yet transpired if they will be seen together. At night, the kings will stay at the residence of the ambassador of Spain, while the kings emeritus will do so in a hotel. The Casa del Rey indicated that the presence of Juan Carlos I is produced “in response to the invitations received in his capacity as former head of state.” organizational and protocol aspects correspond exclusively to the British authorities.” After the funeral, Don Felipe will return to Madrid with his mother, while Queen Letizia will take a plane directly to New York to start the activities that she has planned in that city from on Tuesday 20: Unicef, WHO and FAO events on the occasion of the UN General Assembly. More than five hundred heads of state and dignitaries from around the world will attend the first state funeral to be held in the United Kingdom in the century XXI. London has not experienced similar ceremonies since the deaths of George VI in 1952 and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. The funeral for Elizabeth II is the largest event with foreign leaders which has been coordinated by the British Foreign Office in modern times. A security device comparable to that of the London Olympics ten years ago is deployed.